DJK Waldberg

The DJK Waldberg is a German association football club from the village of Waldberg, near Sandberg, Bavaria.

DJK Waldberg
Full nameDeutsche Jugendkraft Waldberg e. V.
Founded1953
LeagueA-Klasse (X)
2016–17A-Klasse (X), 3rd

The club's most notable achievement was qualifying for the first round of the German Cup, the DFB-Pokal, in 1997–98 where it lost 1–16 to FC Bayern Munich in front of 35,500. Waldberg's defeat is, as of 2012, still the highest of any club in the German Cup.[1]

History

Formed in 1953 the club played in the lower amateur leagues for the most part of its history.

DJK Waldberg won promotion to the Bezirksliga Unterfranken-Ost in 1987 but was unable to qualify for the new Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken in 1987–88, finishing twelfth. DJK quickly improved, coming fifth in the following year, followed by a league championship and promotion in 1989–90.[2]

In the Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken the club finished tenth in its first year followed by a twelfth place in 1991–92. The team's third season there however proved to be its best, coming second and earning promotion to the tier five Landesliga Bayern-Nord.[3]

For the next eight season the club played in the Landesliga, initially as a mid-table side. In 1997 the team finished fifth in the league, its best performance so far, but also managed to win the local cup competition, the Lower Franconian Cup, and to qualify for the first round of the German Cup.

The club drew FC Bayern Munich as its opposition for the first round and decided to play its home game in Nuremberg to be able to attract more spectators. In front of 35,500 DJK was soundly defeated, 1–16, which is still the record defeat in a German Cup match.[1][4] In the game, Carsten Jancker scored five goals against Waldberg, equalising an all-time scoring record he would improve to six goals in 2004 in 1. FC Kaiserslautern's 15–0 defeat of FC Schönberg 95.[5]

In the league the club continued to improve, finishing fourth in 1997–98 and second in 1998–99. This result allowed the club to take part in the promotion round to the Bayernliga where it was however unsuccessful and had to remain in the Landesliga. The following season Waldberg came only eleventh. The club decided during the 2000–01 season in the Landesliga to withdraw to the lower amateur leagues again and not to play out the season.[6]

The club rose to Bezirksliga level again by 2004, playing for a season in the Bezirksliga Unterfranken-Ost before this league became the Bezirksliga Unterfranken 2. It remained at this level until 2010 when it was relegated back to the Kreisliga.[7] Until 2014 the club played in the tier eight Kreisliga Rhön, finishing 16th in the 2013–14 season and being relegated to the Kreisklasse. A last-place finish in the Kreisklasse in 2015–16 took the club down another level, now to the A-Klasse.

Honours

The club's honours:

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[8][9]

Season Division Tier Position
1999–2000 Landesliga Bayern-Nord V 11th
2000–01 Landesliga Bayern-Nord 18th ↓
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05 Bezirksliga Unterfranken-Ost VII 4th
2005-06 Bezirksliga Unterfranken 2 3rd
2006–07 Bezirksliga Unterfranken 2 5th
2007–08 Bezirksliga Unterfranken 2 12th
2008–09 Bezirksliga Unterfranken 2 VIII 8th
2009–10 Bezirksliga Unterfranken 2 13th ↓
2010–11 Kreisliga Rhön IX 4th
2011–12 Kreisliga Rhön 8th
2012–13 Kreisliga Rhön VIII 12th
2013–14 Kreisliga Rhön 16th ↓
2014–15 Kreisklasse Rhön 2 IX 3rd
2015–16 Kreisklasse Rhön 2 16th ↓
2016–17 A-Klasse X 3rd
2017–18 A-Klasse
  • With the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the Regionalliga Bayern as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the Bayernliga was split into a northern and a southern division, the number of Landesligas expanded from three to five and the Bezirksoberligas abolished. All leagues from the Bezirksligas onward were elevated one tier.
↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated

DFB Cup appearances

The club has qualified for the first round of the German Cup just once, in 1997:

Season Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
1997–98 DFB-Pokal First round[1] 15 August 1997 DJK Waldberg FC Bayern Munich 1–16 35,500

References
  1. DFB-Pokal 1997/1998 .:. 1. Runde: DJK Waldberg vs FC Bayern Munich (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 19 August 2012
  2. Bezirksliga Unterfranken-Ost tables & results Archived 2012-05-05 at the Wayback Machine Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 19 August 2012
  3. Bezirksoberliga Unterfranken tables & results Archived 2012-05-05 at the Wayback Machine Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 19 August 2012
  4. Schaaf und Schweinsteiger: Der Rekord winkt (in German) Bundesliga website, published: 17 August 2012, accessed: 19 August 2012
  5. DFB-Pokal » Statistik » Die meisten Tore eines Spielers pro Spiel (in German) Weltfussball.de – Germany – The most goals by a player in a DFB-Pokal game, accessed: 19 August 2012
  6. Landesliga Bayern-Nord tables & results Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 19 August 2012
  7. Bezirksliga Unterfranken 2 tables & results Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine Manfreds Fussball Archiv, accessed: 19 August 2012
  8. Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv (in German) Historical German domestic league tables
  9. Fussball.de - Ergebnisse Archived 7 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Tables and results of all German football leagues
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